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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbdna0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RE- LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2021 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:06 p.m., in room 192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jeanne Shaheen (Chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Shaheen, Leahy, Feinstein, Reed, Coons, Moran, Graham, Boozman, Capito, Kennedy, Hagerty, and Braun. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN Senator SHAHEEN. Good afternoon. I apologize again for being late. I am delighted to open this Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations subcommittee hearing with FBI Director Chris- topher Wray. We are very pleased to have you here and look for- ward to our conversation. I will just point out before we go into the hearing that we are going to take Members and anybody who ar- rives after the gavel in order of arrival and that everyone is ap- pearing in person, we are not having anybody appear remotely. So thank you all very much for joining us this afternoon and we will begin. Director Wray, the FBI continues to be the gold standard for law enforcement agencies worldwide. We count on the more than 35,000 men and women of the FBI to protect our country from vio- lent criminals, terrorists, and foreign agents who mean us great harm. I want to thank them, and of course you as their leader for their dedication and service to the Nation, and in particular for their response to the attack on the Capitol on January 6 and their ongoing investigations into this insurrection attempt. The work of the FBI as we will hear today is vast, but it is crit- ical. It covers key investigations into counterterrorism, intelligence, child exploitation, and financial and health care fraud, as well as the operation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the system that checks available records to ensure people purchasing firearms can legally own them. This year's budget is a request of $10.3 billion, and it reflects the need to support the im- portant missions of the FBI. For the FBI salaries and expenses, this request is an increase of $465 million above fiscal year 2021 enacted. (1)

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